One of Toronto’s top high school soccer teams is hoping to play a road game this summer — all the way in Attawapiskat.
The Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School Royals decided to help after hearing about a series of attempted suicides in the remote northern Ontario community this spring.
Paulo Pereira, the team’s coach, said his players — including some who have never travelled outside the city — volunteered to go to Attawapiskat where they’ll host a week-long training camp in June.The team has created an online fundraiser seeking $25,000 to help pay for the flights up north, by far the largest cost associated with the trip.